Public Notice and Comment Opportunities
Public comments on agenda items and non-agenda items are welcome at any regularly scheduled public Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting. Please see the Commission meeting schedule for dates and additional details.
The following items are available for public comment, according to the opening and closing dates indicated:
Public Notices
Notice of Grant TN-W-F23AF01303 Environmental Compliance
The environmental compliance evaluation review under the National Environmental Policy Act for work proposed under grant TN-W-F23AF01303 is complete. No further environmental documentation is required for the construction of Doe Mountain Shooting Range in Johnson County, Tennessee.
2025 State Wildlife Action Plan for Tennessee
Tennessee’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) must be revised every ten years, and the second revision is nearing completion. Tennessee’s SWAP is a collaborative, living guide, intended for use by all Tennesseans to conserve, protect, and manage wildlife, fish, and plant Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and the ecological communities they need to survive. The 2025 revision to SWAP includes, but not limited to:
• Review of wildlife, plant, and invertebrate species based on new data and information, and the delineation of 1,575 species of greatest conservation need
• Updated statewide maps to include priority problems affecting habitats, including updated land use data and updated urbanization projections
• The revision of Conservation Opportunity Area boundaries based on partner/expert input
• The addition of a Regional Conservation Opportunities chapter that integrates the priorities of bordering states’ wildlife and rare plants that are shared with Tennessee
• An appendix on the One Health approach to addressing wildlife diseases, focusing on pathogens, disease vectors, toxicants, and environmental and community stressors that exacerbate disease risk
The revised 2025 SWAP can be viewed on the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan Website.
Comments can be submitted from July 3 - August 4, 2025, via the 2025 TN State Action Plan Comment Period Form or the TWRA Swap Comment Email
